Use of Schools," 8vo. 1796;" "A Letter to the ViceChancellor of Cambridge," 1798; "Principles of Taxation,” 1799; “Animadversions on the Elements of Christian Theology, by the Bishop of Lincoln," 8vo. 1800; "The Effects of Paper Money," 1801; "Patriotism, or the Law of our Country," 1804; with a variety of publications for the instruction of youth, one of the most valuable of which, named "Evening Amusements, or the Beauty of the Heavens Displayed," was commenced in 1804; and was, till 1822, continued with credit to the writer.

In 1806, when the Rock Life Insurance Company was established, Mr. Frend was elected actuary, which situation he now enjoys, esteemed by his friends, and admired by all who value independence of mind and integrity of conduct.

COUNT FRERE,

A LIEUTENANT-GENERAI. in the French service, was born in 1764, and entered into the army in 1791. In 1792 he was made a captain, for the bravery which he had displayed in an action. He next served in the armies of the Eastern and Western Pyrenees, where he again manifested his intrepidity, and was again promoted. Till the peace of Campo Formio, he served with distinction in the army of Italy; he was then removed to the army of the West, during his stay with which he failed in an attack on the isles of St. Marcou; and he afterwards was in action in Holland and on the Rhine. Он Bonaparte becoming first consul, he called Frere to Paris, to command the grenadiers of the consular guard; and he soon raised him to the rank of brigadier-general. In the campaigns of 1805, 1806, and 1807, Frere bore a conspicuous part. He contributed to the capture of Lubeck; and in 1807, with only a thousand men, he defended the bridge of Spanden against ten thousand Russians, who were foiled in six assaults, and compelled to retreat, after having lost immense numbers of men. For this he was created a count, and a commander of the legion of honour; and, in 1808, he rose to be general of division. In that year he was actively employed in Spain, particularly at the siege of Saragossa; in 1809 he was wounded at the battle of Wagram; and in the following year he re

turned to Spain, whence he was removed into the interior of France, to command successively the thirteenth and sixteenth military divisions. When Louis was restored, he made Frere a knight of St. Louis. Since 1816 the count has retired from service.

THE FRERES.

THERE are two gentlemen of this name, Mr. John Hookham Frere, and Mr. Bartholomew Frere, both of whom are men of talent, and both of whom have been employed as negociators in Spain. Mr. Hookham Frere resided as ambassador in Spain in 1803, and the early part of 1804, in which latter year he was succeeded by his brother; who, however, quitted Spain at the close of 1804. In 1807 Mr. Hookham Frere was appointed ambassador to Prussia, and in the following year he was sent in the same capacity to Madrid. While at Madrid, he endeavoured to prevail on the late Sir John Moore to suspend bis hasty retreat, a circumstance which gave great offence to the general. Mr. Frere was replaced in 1809 by Marquis Wellesley. To one of the Mr. Freres are attributed some poetical pieces, of much merit; particularly a part of the "Loves of the Triangles," in the Anti-Jacobin paper, and a specimen of a national poem, by the Whistlecrafis. J. Frene died 7 Jan. 1846, in allatta

BARON FRESIA D'OGLIANICO.

THIS officer, who is a native of Saluzzo; in Piedmont, where he was born in 1746, was in the Sardinian service till 1798, when the king of Sardinia was compelled to resign his continental dominions. Fresia, who was considered as an excellent cavalry officer, was then taken into the French service, was made a brigadier-general, and joined the French army in Italy. In the campaign of 1799 he distinguished himself highly on various occasions; but he was at length taken prisoner, with the division of General Serrurier. From 1802 to 1804, Fresia was employed on various important services in the interior, and was also one of the first to receive the rank of commander of the legion of honour. In 1805 and 1806, he took a part in the campaigns of Italy; in 1807 he became a general of division, and led a corps of cavalry at the battle of Friedland; in 1808 he was one of the ge

nerals who laid down their arms at Baylen; in 1809 he was with the grand army in Austria; and after the death of Villaret Joyeuse, he was appointed provisional governor of Venice. At the opening of the Saxon campaign, in 1813, he was at the head of a corps of cavalry, from which he was removed to take the military command in the Illyrian provinces. In 1814 he was entrusted with the defence of Genoa and the Riviera, and, after a vigorous resistance, he obtained an honourable capitulation. He retired from active service in 1815.

REV. J. FREY

Is a native of Germany, and was converted from the Jewish faith to Christianity. He was for some time in the missionary society at Berlin; and, about the year 1802, came to England, where he was received into the seminary of the Missionary Society, in expectation that he would embark for Africa, and devote his time to the conversion of the negroes. He, however, thought that he could employ himself better by preaching to the Jews at home. He therefore quitted the missionary society in 1809, and judiciously published, "A Narrative of the Circumstances which led to his Separation from the Missionary Society, and his Union with the London Society for Promoting Christianity among the Jews." That society at this period took the French church in Spitalfields, and opened it as a chapel for the converted Jews, where he officiates. He has published "A Hebrew Grammar;" and "Vanderhooght's Hebrew Bible," and two parts of a Hebrew, Latin, and English Dictionary.

M. DE FREYCINET,

A CAPTAIN in the French navy, a knight of St. Louis and of the legion of honour, born in 1775, has made several voyages, chiefly for the purpose of collecting materials for the improvement of natural history. He belonged, in 1800, to the expedition round the world, under Captain Baudin; and the atlas which accompanied the account of that expedition, published by Péron and Lesueur, prepared by Captain Freycinet, is considered

as a master-plece in its kind. He is also the author of the volume of nautical observations, attached to the same work. A few years ago Captain F. again sailed for the South Seas, to collect farther materials relative to geography, navigation, and natural knowledge. He has employed himself with equal zeal and success to discover the method of obtaining fresh water from sca water, by distillation.-(See Annales De Chimic for March, 1817.)

DON MANUEL FREYRE,

A Lieutenant-general in the Spanish service, distinguished himself during the whole of the late war. In 1813 and 1814, he served with Castanos, and afterwards had a chief command himself. He distinguished himself at the battle of Ocana, harrassed the French on various points, and pursued to Seville the division of Godineau, who shot himself, to avoid the resentment of his imperial master at Paris. In the end of August, 1813, Don Manuel contributed materially to the capture of 8. Sebastian; for he seized several commanding positions, by which the British were enabled safely to arrive before the place. His conduct, on that occasion, merited and received the highest commendation from Lord Wellington. On the 7th of October, Don Manuel signalized himself at the passage over the river Bidassoa which, heeffected with General Graham, at the head of their troops. Availing himself of his knowledge of the country, he contrived to turn and seize the French batteries on the neighbouring heights. His conduct in the whole of the campaign, which terminated in the action of Toulouse, was equally eminent. On the restoration of Ferdinand VII. the services of General Freyre were rewarded by his being appointed minister at war; and it was on his recommendation that the troops engaged in the important passage of the Bidassoa were adorned with a medal descriptive of that service.

COUNT FRIANT.

THERE are few generals in the French army who have gained more reputation than Count Friant. He is a native of Lorraine, was born in 1758, entered the French

guards in 1781, and quitted them in 1787, after having acquired the esteem of his officers. In 1789 he once more entered into the army as a subaltern in the Parisian troops, and was soon appointed adjutant-general to the division of the Arsenal. When the revolutionary war broke ont, he was chosen lieutenant-colonel of a battalion of Parisian volunteers, and be so much distinguished himself at Kayserslautern, Weissemborg, Charleroi, and Fleurus, that, in 1794, he rose to be a brigadier-general. In 1795 and 1796 he was employed at the blockade of Luxemburg and the siege of Ehrenbreitstein; and, in 1797, he joined the army of Italy with the division which was led by Bernadotte, and won high praise at the battle of the Tagliamento, and the capture of Gradisca. An enthusiastic admirer of Bonaparte, he accompanied him to Egypt, and reaped fresh laurels at the battles of Sediman and Samanhout, and a variety of others. After the departure of Bonaparte, Friant first commanded in Upper Egypt, then took a prominent part in the battle of Heliopolis, and lastly defended Alexandria for several months against the British. On the return of Friant to his native country, the first consul appointed him inspector-general of infantry. Friant had four horses killed under him at Austerlitz, and obtained the grand order of the legion of honour; and, in the campaigns of 1806 and 1809, he was one of those officers who rendered themselves most conspicuous for their gallantry and talent. In 1811 he became commander of the grenadiers of the imperial guard, and in that capacity made the Russian campaign, in which he added to his reputation, and received a wound. In 1813 he exerted himself vigorously and effectually at the battle of Hanau; and, in 1814, he had a large share in the campaign against the allied invaders of France. Louis, on his restoration, gave him the order of St. Louis, and the command of the royal guard at Metz. Friant, however, joined Napoleon on his return from Elba, was created a peer by him, fought at Waterloo, and was severely wounded.

BARON DE FRIMONT,

A FRENCH gentleman of Lorraine, quitted France in 1791, and distinguished himself in the army of the Prince